[Rockhounds] Colorado: Boulders 'the size of a building' hit US road

[Mike Flannigan]

Boy, those stories are just begging for a map.
It appears to me like that occurred here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.56426,+-108.37087+%28Coordinates%29&iwloc=A&hl=en

If you go to the satellite view you may be
able to see the 2 large boulders up on the hill.


Mike



On 5/27/2019 2:00 PM, rockhounds-request at rockhounds.drizzle.com wrote:
> A section of highway in the US state of Colorado has been totally destroyed
> by two boulders "the size of a building", officials say.
>
> The road was hit by a slide "consisting of dirt, rock and two huge
> boulders", the Colorado Department of Transportation said.
>
> Photos posted on its Facebook page show a trench 8ft deep (2.5m) left by
> the boulders.
>
> The road between the towns of Cortez and Telluride is closed indefinitely.
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48415293